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Livia Soprano Livia Soprano - Nancy Marchand Livia Soprano, the family matriarch, was scheming, manipulative, conniving and abusive. She seemingly derived little pleasure from life other than making the people around her miserable, especially her three children, Tony, Barbara (who moved away years ago) and Janice. Nothing was sacred with Livia. She even tried to manipulate her brother-in-law Junior into putting out a hit on her own son after he tried to put her in a nursing home (or, as he maintained, a 'retirement community'). Tony's plot for revenge was foiled when Livia suffered a stroke (said to be induced by repressed rage) and was taken into a hospital. When she got out, Tony settled for acting as if she was already dead, and attempted to end all contact and financial support. Based on her conversations with Tony, Dr. Melfi speculated that Livia might suffer from some form of borderline or narcissistic personality disorder. After the second season, a storyline was planned where Livia would be called to testify against her son in court, giving evidence on stolen airline tickets she had received from him. Sadly, actress Nancy Marchand passed away in 2000. Existing footage and computer-generated imagery was used to create a last scene between Tony and Livia near the beginning of Season Three before the character too passed on. Livia has nevertheless appeared as a young woman (played by a different actress) in a flashback since then, as well as being frequently referenced, with Tony still far from resolving his feelings towards her. » Soprano Cast |
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